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Laurits Regner Tuxen (1853-1927)
The Marriage of Princess Maud of Wales, 22 July 1896 Signed and dated 1896-7
Oil on canvas | 141.5 x 170.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 404464
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Princess Maud (1869-1938) was Queen Victoria’s granddaughter. On 22 July 1896 she married Prince Charles of Denmark in the Private Chapel at Buckingham Palace. In this painting Queen Victoria clasps the bride’s hand after the marriage. The Queen recorded in her Journal: ‘After the Benediction, Maud came forward to her parents & then to me & I kissed both her & the Bridegroom’. The artist made use of photographs taken during the ceremony as well as portrait sittings from the participants. Queen Victoria gave the painting as a present to Maud’s parents, the Prince and Princess of Wales. Signed and dated: L Tuxen 1897.
Provenance
Commissoned by Queen Victoria
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
141.5 x 170.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
174.5 x 205.2 x 10.2 cm (frame, external)
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Alternative title(s)
The Marriage of Princess Maud of Wales with Prince Charles of Denmark, Buckingham Palace, 22 July 1896
The Marriage of Princess Maud of Wales, later Queen Maud of Norway (1869-1938) with Prince Charles of Denmark, later King Haakon VII of Norway (1872-1957), Buckingham Palace, 22 July 1896
